Dawnelle — girls' name
526 babies named Dawnelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Dawnelle was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Dawnelle in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dawnelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 526 babies named Dawnelle between 1946 and 1993, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawnelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawnelle performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 187 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dawnelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dawnelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dawnelle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 526 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dawnelle at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dawnelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1946
- Peak year (1976)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
526 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 24 births in a single year.
Dawnelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 187 births that decade — 36% of Dawnelle's all-time total
Dawnelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 187 births
- Runner-up 150 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Dawnelle's strongest decade
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Dawnelle by state
Where Dawnelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 7.4% |
39 of 526 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.